TV gets me thinking deeper than most books...
So I've been pondering this one for a while:
I was watching 30 rock, and in the episode, Liz is really upset because she sees all of the coworkers hanging out and being all buddy and drunk w/o her at this--apparently weekly--gathering (inside jokes and memes and everything). As a result, she hosts this party to show that she's all cool and hip and fun and whatnot, which of course leads to an airing of frustrations. Liz states that she's hurt that she was never included because she "thought we were a family," to which her coworker replies: "we are a family, and you're the mom, and you don't want to party with your mom."
i dunno. i party with my mom. well, for me, that means drinking baileys and playing dominoes. but i suppose i don't do or talk about everything with my mom that i would with my friends. but i'd like to do that eventually.
would you feel comfortable "partying" with your mom, and how "motherly" would you rate your mother?
can you be an archetypal mother-figure and a friend? for that matter, can you be a parent-figure and a friend?
I was watching 30 rock, and in the episode, Liz is really upset because she sees all of the coworkers hanging out and being all buddy and drunk w/o her at this--apparently weekly--gathering (inside jokes and memes and everything). As a result, she hosts this party to show that she's all cool and hip and fun and whatnot, which of course leads to an airing of frustrations. Liz states that she's hurt that she was never included because she "thought we were a family," to which her coworker replies: "we are a family, and you're the mom, and you don't want to party with your mom."
i dunno. i party with my mom. well, for me, that means drinking baileys and playing dominoes. but i suppose i don't do or talk about everything with my mom that i would with my friends. but i'd like to do that eventually.
would you feel comfortable "partying" with your mom, and how "motherly" would you rate your mother?
can you be an archetypal mother-figure and a friend? for that matter, can you be a parent-figure and a friend?